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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 16, 2012Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2012, 4:38 PM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2012, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 4:57 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFayette, MOLARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS NOLAND RD IN FAYETTE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 262 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2012-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2012-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

452 
WUUS53 KEAX 162138
SVREAX
MOC089-162215-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0077.120616T2138Z-120616T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
438 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 433 PM CDT...A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
  FAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
  DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3901 9256 3902 9280 3922 9280 3928 9252
      3925 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 260DEG 25KT 3914 9271

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70 MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements
025 
WWUS53 KEAX 162204
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
504 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

MOC089-162215-
/O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120616T2215Z/
HOWARD MO-
504 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HOWARD
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 459 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF 
FAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 457 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TREE DOWN ACROSS NOLAND ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE 
OF FAYETTE. 

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
         DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3901 9256 3903 9265 3925 9266 3928 9253
      3925 9244 3924 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 260DEG 25KT 3915 9252

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

BOOKBINDER
575 
WWUS53 KEAX 162216
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
516 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

MOC089-162226-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120616T2215Z/
HOWARD MO-
516 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA AND INTO BOONE COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3901 9256 3903 9265 3925 9266 3928 9253
      3925 9244 3924 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 260DEG 25KT 3915 9251

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHolt27 min
Jun 16, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Holt30 min
Jun 16, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison, Nodaway30 min
Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway36 min
Jun 16, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer45 min
Jun 16, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWorth32 min
Jun 16, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Mercer31 min
Jun 16, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer, Putnam35 min
Jun 16, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam35 min
Jun 16, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer52 min
Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAdair, Macon, Putnam43 min
Jun 16, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston34 min
Jun 16, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon27 min
Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph34 min
Jun 16, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHoward49 min
Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette44 min
Jun 16, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson37 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.